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Close only counts in horse-shoes, hand grenades and shotguns. So, if you're not armed with hand grenades, shot guns or horse shoes, you better
use your sights.
Or practice practice practice instinctive point shooting.
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Sorry, but that is just not correct. Close does count in gunfights and many other things. You don't have to hit the pupil of the right eyeball, hitting the head will suffice. You don't have to thread a round between the 4th and 5th ribs on the left side, a hit CoM will suffice. As for the practice practice practice, you are right in concept. But you miss the idea that it doesn't have to be practice with point shooting. We spend most of our lives developing and practicing eye-hand coordination, and point shooting builds upon that lifetime of skills development. As Creature said, this idea is far from a myth, it is well-researched and recognized by plenty of folks. For that matter, one can just look at the number of successful shootings where the shooter was not well trained in using sights or point shooting, but was able to succeed by pointing.